How to put a wide title in first row of 2 column table

  • drjimwalsh

    (@drjimwalsh)


    6 years ago

    I am fairly new to WordPress, but I do have a functioning WordPress website up and running. I’m using WordPress 5.0.3, and the new editor that uses blocks.

    I have a small two column table of names. I want to put a title above the table. If I put the title in a separate block, the spacing between the title block and the table is much too large.

    In Excel, I would just put the title in the leftmost cell of the first row of the table. This is perfect spacing between the first row and the rest of the table. With nothing in the 2nd column of the first row, the title spreads out without a problem. With WordPress columns, a wide entry in the first row increases the width of the first column and decreases the width of the 2nd column. That’s won’t work.

    So, is there some way that I can have a two column table with a title in the first row, without screwing up the rest of the table?

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  • Joy

    (@joyously)

    You have discovered the evils of HTML tables! ??
    You can put the title outside the table and adjust the spacing with CSS.
    You could use a table caption instead of a title.
    You can try to style the first cell inline, or have it span two columns, but I don’t know how to do either one with the block editor.
    You can use the Classic block to use its way of making a table.
    You could use a definition list instead of a table.

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